Dovev Zalkind

Dovev Zalkind (15 June 1949-) was an Israeli IDF soldier during the Yom Kippur War.

Biography
Dovev Zalkind was born in Alfei Menashe, Israel on 15 June 1949, the son of two Russian Jewish immigrants. Zalkind was drafted into the Israel Defense Forces the week after the end of the Six-Day War in 1967, and he was upset that he missed the fighting. Zalkind decided to fully commit his time to fighting terrorism, so he joined the Sayeret Matkal commandos. Zalkind fought in the Yom Kippur War in 1973, taking part in the Battle of Tal Fawaz in the Sinai Peninsula in October. Zalkind would take part in counter-terrorist operations after the war's end, including the storming of PFLP-hijacked airplanes.